Trump voters see his flaws but stand by president who 'shakes ...
The Guardian‎ - 9 hours ago
Last year, the reasons to celebrate included the election of Donald Trump. Both registered Republicans, neither Fox had started as a huge fan of the Manhattan real-estate developer. Jeff supported Carly Fiorina in the sprawling Republican primary contest, and Denise, 54, admired Ben Carson, a fellow ..

The Guardian
Former ethics chief calls Trump 'wannabe autocrat' over picture ...
The Independent‎ - 4 hours ago
Donald Trump has launched a new broadside in his long-running attack on CNN - tweeting an image showing the President with the network's logo “splattered” under his shoe. The President has long accused CNN and other media outlets of being “fake news” for any coverage he disapproves of.
Media criticizes Trump for retweet portraying CNN as blood on his ... The Hill
Trump retweets image depicting 'CNN' squashed beneath his shoe Washington Post

The Independent
Sanders attacks tax plan as Trump celebrates with friends: 'You all ...
The Guardian‎ - 6 hours ago
Sanders' criticism came as a report claimed Trump had said to wealthy guests at a dinner at Mar-a-Lago on Friday evening, “You all just got a lot richer”. The senator, speaking to CNN's State of the Union, said: “At the end of 10 years, 83% of the the benefits go to the top 1%, 60% of the benefits go to the top ...
"You all just got a lot richer," Trump tells friends, referencing tax ... CBS News

The Guardian
Donald Trump-owned Scottish golf resort loses tax break
The Guardian‎ - 11 hours ago
The Sunday Herald revealed that a change in the Scottish government's recent budget will remove Trump Turnberry in South Ayrshire from a business rates relief scheme. Scotland's finance secretary, Derek Mackay, introduced measures in February to help businesses in the hospitality sector. The move ...

Ask someone like Sam Banks about the tax plan President Donald Trump signed into law Friday, and you hear something other than the effusive joy Republicans in Congress put on display this week. The $1.5 trillion plan cuts taxes broadly while bestowing its richest benefits on companies and wealthy ...

CNBC
Gift-wrapped horse manure left for Trump's Treasury Secretary ...
The Independent‎ - 3 hours ago
A bomb squad team rushed to the Los Angeles home of Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to discover a suspicious package labelled for him containing horse manure. Reports said the team was dispatched to millionaire Mr Mnuchin's home in the city's Bel Air area after a neighbour ...

Trump aides insist no plan to fire Robert Mueller as Republican ...
The Guardian‎ - 2 hours ago
Senior Trump administration officials insisted on Sunday the president was not preparing to fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating alleged collusion between Trump aides and Russia during the 2016 election. “There's no conversation about that whatsoever in the White House,” said director ...

The Guardian
Trump year one: better scorecard than predicted
Financial Times‎ - 1 hour ago
President Donald Trump is within reach of his first big legislative victory as the US Congress prepares to pass a tax bill that would allow the president to end his first year with a better scorecard than many had predicted.

Financial Times
Putin-Trump call: leaders hail US-Russian efforts to foil Isis bomb plot
The Guardian‎ - 1 hour ago
US intelligence agencies have said Russia interfered with the 2016 election in order to help Trump win. The Kremlin said on Sunday Putin told Trump the information provided by the CIA was sufficient to track down and detain a group of Islamic State-linked suspects who were planning to bomb the Kazan ...
Putin thanks Trump for CIA tip on terrorist attacks, Kremlin and White ... USA TODAY
Putin thanks Trump for CIA's help in stopping terror attacks CNN
Putin calls Trump to thank him for CIA tip on St Petersburg plot Financial Times
Telegraph.co.uk - Daily Mail

The Guardian
Democrat Doug Jones: Trump shouldn't resign over sexual ...
The Guardian‎ - 7 hours ago
Last weekend, however, cabinet member Nikki Haley said the women who have accused Trump “should be heard”. A group of Trump accusers subsequently called for a congressional investigation and a group of Democratic senators led by Kirsten Gillibrand of New York called for Trump to resign.
Senator-elect Jones not joining calls for Trump resignation Reuters
So sorry. Trump's not dead yet The Globe and Mail
For Trump, a Moment of Defeat but Maybe Not Recalibration New York Times
CNN
The Guardian

Omarosa's exit highlights lack of diversity at Trump White House
The Guardian‎ - 11 hours ago
The departure of the former Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault-Newman from the White House this week has placed the lack of diversity in Donald Trump's administration under renewed scrutiny. Manigault-Newman, the highest-ranking black person to work in the West Wing under Trump, abruptly ...
Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump returns to SNL, bringing holiday hate ... AV Club
On SNL, Trump's White House celebrates Christmas by ... The Sydney Morning Herald

The Guardian
Photos explain how Trump dodges sexual accusers while others fall
Quartz‎ - 4 hours ago
Members of the University of Maryland women's lacrosse team react to something President Donald Trump said after posing for photographs at the White House on Nov. 17, 2017. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) ...

Quartz
Linguists reveal the evolution of Donald Trump's tweets over time
Quartz‎ - 11 hours ago
This can find the characteristics that account for biggest differences within Trump's feed. The linguists, Jack Grieve and Isobelle Clarke at the University of Birmingham in the UK, then looked at tweets that scored highest on each characteristic, or “dimension,” and interpreted each as a kind of style or tone.

Quartz
Former Nixon White House Counsel: Trump Might Have Obstructed ...
The Intercept‎ - 9 hours ago
All eyes have been fixed on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's potential collusion with Russia, with clusters of the Resistance hanging onto the hope it will end with the president's impeachment. But despite the parallels between Watergate and the ongoing Russia ...

The Intercept
Trump EPA rule change exploits taxpayers for mine cleanup, critics ...
The Guardian‎ - 10 hours ago
Now the Trump administration – cheered by mining firms – has moved to transfer the cost of cleaning up back to federal and state agencies. Last week Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, dropped the Obama-era rule, claiming modern mining practices, as well as other state ...

Trump insists Republican tax cuts will make US economy 'rock'
The Guardian‎ - 3 hours ago
The legislation, which the GOP aims to muscle through Congress next week, would lower taxes on the richest Americans. Benefits for most other taxpayers would be smaller, but Trump attempted to sell the bill as a “Christmas present” for middle-class Americans in part because it would trigger job growth.
Trump closes in on landmark US tax reform Financial Times

Trump's $1.5tn tax cut plan on course as Republican senators fall in ... Sky News
Donald Trump's tax cut on track to clear US Congress as rebels fall ... Telegraph.co.uk
The Guardian
Trump to accuse China of 'economic aggression': Financial Times
CNBC‎ - 6 hours ago
Several people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times that Trump would propose a much tougher stance on China than past administrations. Trump repeatedly slammed China on the campaign trail over trade, but he softened his stance after meeting with President Xi Jinping at his Mar-a-Lago ...
Trump to say in security speech that China is competitor: officials Reuters
CNBC
After Alabama loss, Trump has ambitious plans to campaign in 2018 ...
Washington Post‎ - 4 hours ago

President Trump is not on the ballot in 2018, but the White House is planning a full-throttle campaign to plunge the president into the midterm elections, according to senior officials and advisers familiar with the planning. Trump's political aides have met with 116 candidates for office in recent months, ...
So sorry. Trump's not dead yet The Globe and Mail
For Trump, a Moment of Defeat but Maybe Not Recalibration New York Times

Donald Trump lashed out at the press on Saturday after CNN had to correct a report about hacked material being emailed to his son. Pointing out that the network's slogan was “THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS”, Trump suggested an alternative tagline: “THE LEAST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS”.

The Guardian
Less than a quarter of Americans think Donald Trump has kept his ...
The Independent‎ - 13 hours ago
Less than a quarter of Americans think Donald Trump has delivered on promises he made during his presidential election campaign, according to a new poll.
The US leader's campaign included promises to overhaul Barack Obama's healthcare legislation, withdraw from a nuclear accord with Iran, and ...

The Independent
UN Security Council draft resolution would render Donald Trump's ...
The Independent‎ - 1 hour ago
The UN Security Council is considering whether to render all decisions about the status of Jerusalem void, just days after US President Donald Trump acknowledged the city as Israel's capitol. The 15-member UN Security Council is reviewing a draft resolution that would rescind such decisions and demand ...
Donald Trump Seems Confused About Jerusalem New York Times

The Independent
Hard Times in Trump Country
The Intercept‎ - 7 hours ago
In a series of interviews that stretched over a year, Stewart was ambivalent when pressed about the president's accomplishments or any promises he might have kept. “I don't really pay attention,” she says. “I don't have time to give a shit.” Since Trump astonished himself and the world on election night last ...

The Intercept
Trump-Russia: Republicans trying to kill off investigation, says Adam ...
The Guardian‎ - 12 hours ago
Schiff suggested Republicans also had their sights on the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation overseen by special counsel Robert Mueller. The president's personal lawyers are reportedly set to meet Mueller and his team within days to ask about the next steps in his investigation. “Beyond our investigation ...

President Trump seeks public exoneration as Democrats and ... Los Angeles Times
The Guardian
Trump calls wife of hospitalized John McCain
CNBC‎ - 6 hours ago
President Donald Trump has called the wife of John McCain as the Arizona senator is hospitalized for cancer treatments. The White House said Trump called Cindy McCain on Friday to send his best wishes and check on her and her husband. John McCain was admitted this week to Walter Reed Medical ...

CNBC
Trump to CDC: These Seven Words Are Now Forbidden
Scientific American (blog)‎ - 4 hours ago
Do you want your medical treatment to be based

pdf book readson science? The Trump administration disagrees. It has now banned the top US public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from using seven words or phrases: “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” ...

Planned Parenthood rips Trump for CDC ban on using the word 'fetus' The Hill
Donald Trump's reported banning of seven words attacked by ... NEWS.com.au
Donald Trump Bans The CDC From Using These Seven Words Newsweek
National Post - Axios

Trump's Strange Love for Putin Has Become a National Security ...
Vanity Fair‎ - 4 hours ago
In his first press conference as president, Donald Trump made a revealing comment about his relationship with Russia, which the U.S. intelligence community had accused of interfering in the 2016 election and which has been a source of so many of his headaches since. “It's possible I won't be able to get ...

There is a limit to how much we can focus on at once – and under Trump, the news cycles come at us so quickly and in such quantity that no single issue stays at the forefront for very long. A story about the president mishandling classified information – wasn't he accusing his opponent of that during the ...

The White House is admitting defeat on two of Trump's most ...
Vox‎ - 3 hours ago
The White House threw in the towel on two of President Donald Trump's most controversial judicial nominees this week, telling reporters for NPR and Politico that nominations of Brett Talley and Jeff Mateer to district court judgeships are dead. Both nominations had proved too much for some Senate ...

Vox
Kamala Harris says Trump should resign
Politico‎ - 2 hours ago
Sen. Kamala Harris on Thursday called for President Donald Trump to resign over accusations of sexual harassment and assault, becoming the seventh senator to publicly call for Trump's resignation. “I think he should resign in the best interest of the country,” the California Democrat told POLITICO in an ...
Donald Trump, Champion of Women. (No, Really.) New York Times
Bernie Sanders says Donald Trump should resign over sexual ... The Independent
Donald Trump's Twitter attack on Kirsten Gillibrand shows she's a ... ABC Online

'I have seen things': Senior aide to Donald Trump goes public with ...
Telegraph.co.uk‎ - 4 hours ago
One of Donald Trump's most senior African American aides has gone public with criticism of the White House after resigning amid reports of a blazing row at a Christmas party. Omarosa Manigault, who appeared on The Apprentice, said she saw things while working for the president that made her “very ...
Omarosa Explosive Interview On Trump WH Exit: I Have A "Profound ... RealClearPolitics
Omarosa Manigault: Trump adviser who resigned says she saw ... The Independent

Telegraph.co.uk
Trump Says His Regulatory Rollback Already Is the 'Most Far ...
New York Times‎ - 9 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Thursday that his administration was answering “a call to action” by rolling back regulations on environmental protections,

Steve Bannon was then described as a “former Trump adviser and laboratory monkey receiving the placebo in a syphilis trial” as Colbert joked about his failed contribution to the campaign. “The real loser here is Donald Trump because he was all in on Roy Moore,” Colbert said, recounting how the ...

The Guardian
Donald Trump's Approval Ratings Crumble In Iowa, a Decisive State ...
Newsweek‎ - 55 minutes ago
Iowa, the state that sets the agenda for presidential races and handed Donald Trump a decisive victory in 2016's election, now overwhelmingly disapproves of his performance and believes the country is on the wrong track, a new poll showed Wednesday. This follows a trend of other Republican stronghold ..

Donald Trump: A president swallowed by history
Aljazeera.com‎ - 9 hours ago
US President Donald Trump is a great impersonator. Not a day goes by without his desperate effort to masquerade as human. Surrounded by faux gold and fawning fools from his earliest days, Trump has stumbled from scam to scam, bank to bank, grope to grope, as he reached the absolute pinnacle of ...
Why Trump's provocative Jerusalem move hasn't sparked an intifada NBCNews.com

Aljazeera.com
Six perfect Christmas gifts for Donald Trump's biggest fans
The Guardian‎ - 4 hours ago
There's a strong, virile, 71-year-old man in the White House instead of a Kenyan or a crooked woman. And, best of all, there's a plethora of Trump-related Christmas tat to splurge on. Perfect for the True Patriot who thinks white people are under threat, that the Fake News Media hates Trump and that libtards ...
Ivanka Trump's 'happy holidays' post reveals a growing divide in the ... Business Insider

Trump's lawyers call for second special counsel to investigate ...
The Guardian‎ - 7 hours ago
According to a report from Axios published early Tuesday, one of Trump's lawyers, Jay Sekulow, has raised concerns over potential conflicts of interest within special counsel Robert Mueller's team. Sekulow issued the statement after Fox News reported that the wife of a senior justice department official had ...
Focus on Flynn, Trump timeline suggests obstruction is on Mueller's ... NBCNews.com
Robert Mueller is looking into 3 big questions about Trump and ... Vox
Trump is the one in 'tatters,' not the FBI CNN

The Guardian
Donald Trump Just Claimed He Never Met Women Accusing Him of ...
TIME‎ - 8 hours ago
President Donald Trump targeted Democrats and the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct in a tweet Tuesday morning, calling their claims “false” and “fabricated.” “Despite thousands of hours wasted and many millions of dollars spent, the Democrats have been unable to show any ...
Trump's disgusting Kirsten Gillibrand tweet is just the beginning of ... Washington Post
Trump accusers call for Congress to investigate sexual misconduct ... ABC News
Donald Trump's accusers demand Congress investigate sexual ... The Guardian
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Trump visit to UK expected in new year, says US ambassador
The Guardian‎ - 10 hours ago
The US ambassador to the UK has said he expects Donald Trump to go ahead with a working visit to the UK in the new year, despite a recent Twitter row with Theresa May over the terror threat posed by Muslims in the UK. The remarks by Woody Johnson to the BBC's Today programme represent the first ...
Talk of Trump Visit Tests UK's 'Special Relationship' New York Times
Donald Trump likely to visit UK, US ambassador says CNN
The Guardian
Donald Trump got 3 things wrong in 1 tweet this morning
CNN‎ - 6 hours ago

(CNN) On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted. "Despite thousands of hours wasted and many millions of dollars spent, the Democrats have been unable to show any collusion with Russia - so now they are moving on to the false accusations and fabricated stories of women who I don't know ...
CNN
Donald Trump says women who accuse him of sexual assault are ...
The Independent‎ - 10 hours ago
Donald Trump says attempts to have Congress investigate allegations of sexual assault against him are based on "false accusations and fabricated stories of women who I don't know and/or have never met". In the same tweet, Mr Trump accused Democrats of "thousands of hours wasted and many millions ...

The Independent
Why Trump and Moore are kindred spirits
CNN‎ - 5 hours ago
I believe Trump backs Moore because the men appear to share a similar vision of just what makes America great -- fewer rights for Americans who aren't white, male and straight, and more for those who cling to a perverted version of conservative Christianity that allows those with whom they share a culture ...

CNN
'No shame': how the Trump administration granted big oil's wishlist
The Guardian‎ - 11 hours ago
An analysis shows that the EPA has now so far either partially or wholly delivered on six out of these eight key demands within the first year of the Trump administration, which solicited input on government rules from a number of trade groups. This comes as the Guardian and the Center for Public Integrity ...

Trump's 41 most eye-popping lines from his Pensacola speech
CNN‎ - 4 hours ago
(CNN) President Donald Trump was in Pensacola, Florida, on Friday night to rally support in advance of the Alabama special election between Roy Moore and Doug Jones on Tuesday. Why was he in Florida rather than Alabama, you ask? Because the White House had previously said Trump wouldn't be ...
Trump to record robocall for Moore days before election: report The Hill

CNN
Trump stays on message during controversial civil rights museum visit
CNN‎ - 4 hours ago
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump honored civil rights heroes and local officials during remarks at the opening of a civil rights museum in Mississippi on Saturday, staying on message despite recent criticisms of his appearance there. "We want our country to be a place where every child from ...
Black officials say they don't want Trump 'to tell us what civil rights ... ABC News
Trump, Rejecting Calls to Stay Away, Speaks at Civil Rights Museum New York Times

CNN
Trump escalates 'rigged system' rhetoric amid Russia probe
CNN‎ - 3 hours ago
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's escalating assault on the "rigged" and "sick" institutions of the government that he leads may portend an ominous end game to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Trump's blast at a campaign rally on Friday night followed a week of rising ...
Robert Mueller's 'pit bull' is coming under intense scrutiny over ... Business Insider
FBI Director Defends His Agency Against Trump's Attacks TIME

CNN
Inside Trump's Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation
New York Times‎ - 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON — Around 5:30 each morning, President Trump wakes and tunes into the television in the White House's master bedroom. He flips to CNN for news, moves to “Fox & Friends” for comfort and messaging ideas, and sometimes watches MSNBC's “Morning Joe” because, friends suspect, it fires ...

New York Times
Trump unleashes fresh attacks, saying 'CNN made a vicious and ...
Washington Post‎ - 6 hours ago
President Trump, armed with fresh ammunition against the mainstream media, fired off “fake news” attacks on Twitter after CNN incorrectly reported that his campaign received access to hacked emails well

The 5 Most Disturbing New York Times Revelations About Trump's ... New York Magazine
Dem: Trump's reported habits would 'get most Americans fired from ... The Hill (blog)

Vanity Fair
On the economy, Trump needs to get his statistics straight
CNN‎ - 7 hours ago
The US economy has created 1.9 million jobs so far this year, according to Trump's own Labor Department. That's not bad, but during the same period, from January through November of last year, the economy created nearly 2.1 million jobs. Trump took office on January 20, 2017, but even if you remove ...
CNN
Trump walked out on meeting with Judge Jeanine: report
The Hill‎ - 1 hour ago

Comey, who was abruptly fired by Trump in May, has also been the target of Trump's ire at times. Comey claimed earlier this year that Trump once asked him for a loyalty pledge and later pressed him to end the FBI's investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. At one point in the meeting ...
Sadly but frankly, Donald Trump is not going anywhere
Aljazeera.com‎ - 11 hours ago
When Donald Trump flashes his grating, self-satisfied grin, he's signalling to you and me that he's untouchable, beyond the reach of special counsel, Robert Mueller, and the comical remnants of the "rule of law". It's his easy, quick way of quashing the frayed spirits and hopes of those of us aching for his ...
What Trump did this week: Jerusalem sparks ire as Mueller follows ... The Guardian
Trump's Russia defense in disarray CNN

Aljazeera.com
Trump's TV obsession
Axios‎ - 5 hours ago
Why it matters: Trump has long fought the idea that he's stuck to his TV, claiming recently, "I don't get to watch much television... I'm reading documents a lot." But per the Times, cable is "ammunition for his Twitter war," and White House staff know the morning shows can dictate the rest of their day.

Trump rally first test in Democrats' search for payoff from lawmaker ...
CNN‎ - 4 hours ago
Trump will hold one of his boisterous, colorful and unpredictable rallies in Pensacola, the waterfront city in the Florida panhandle that shares a media market with Mobile, Alabama. The combination of a rocking Friday night crowd, the end of a contentious political week, and the freedom Trump experiences ...

CNN
Pew poll: Trump's approval rating hits new low
The Hill‎ - 14 hours ago
The Pew Research Center poll finds that just 32 percent of Americans polled approve of how Trump is handling his job as president, while 63 percent say they disapprove. Trump's approval rating is down 2 points from the previous Pew poll conducted in October, which was itself down from the 39 percent in ...
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Is Donald Trump's mental health becoming dangerous? Medical ...
NBCNews.com‎ - 2 hours ago
President Donald Trump's temperament has always been a big part of his political brand. Depending on who you ask, he is either refreshingly frank or shockingly unpresidential. But increasingly, critics of the president have gone from criticizing his rhetoric to worrying about his mental fitness for office.
NBCNews.com
Trump to Release Infrastructure Plan in January, Official Says
Bloomberg‎ - 16 hours ago
The White House plan is essentially complete and Trump recently reviewed it, the official said. It calls for allocating at least $200 billion in federal funds over 10 years to spur at least $800 billion in spending by states, localities and the private sector. The plan would put the federal dollars in four areas: cash ...

Bloomberg
Patagonia files claim against Trump over removing Bears Ears ...
The Guardian‎ - 17 hours ago
But Patagonia's lawsuit asserts that Trump is the one playing king, by enacting the largest removal of protection from federal lands in history. The complaint, which was joined by a coalition of conservation groups, was filed in parallel with a separate lawsuit joined by five Native American tribes who say the ...
Patagonia CEO: This Is Why We're Suing President Trump TIME
Trump Orders Largest National Monument Reduction In US History NPR
Trump shrinks Utah monuments angering environmentalists BBC News
National Geographic
The Guardian
Palestinians Reject Trump's Jerusalem Declaration
The New Yorker‎ - 11 hours ago
On Wednesday, Donald Trump insisted that his declaration that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital was “nothing more or less than the recognition of reality,” given that Israel has made West Jerusalem the seat of its government since 1949. Downplaying warnings that the move might ...
Trump on Jerusalem: a quintessential Netanyahu Aljazeera.com
Defiant Donald Trump confirms US will recognise Jerusalem as ... The Guardian
The world reacts to Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as ... The Economist
BBC News - NEWS.com.au

The New Yorker
Trump's 'fake news' mantra a hit with despots
Politico‎ - 1 hour ago
Authoritarian rulers across the globe are adopting President Donald Trump's favorite phrase to limit free speech, with prominent leaders or state media in at least 15 countries using his “fake news” line to denounce their critics, according to a POLITICO review. By aligning themselves with Trump's words, ...

Few policy differences narrowed at Trump meeting with ...
CNN‎ - 10 hours ago
(CNN) The House and Senate passed legislation Thursday to fund the government through December 22, removing the threat of a disruption to federal agencies for two weeks while Republican and Democratic leaders work to resolve a tough set of policy differences that would allow them to pass a ...

CNN
Trump will undergo a physical and release details early next year
CNN‎ - 16 hours ago
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump will undergo a physical examination early next year and allow doctors to release details of his medical evaluation, keeping with past precedent. Trump will be examined by a doctor at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in "the first part of next year," ...
Late-night hosts on Trump's Israel decision: 'Peace talks roasting on ... The Guardian
White House dismisses questions over Donald Trump's slurring as ... Sky News

Donald Trump Jerusalem speech: Did President slur his words? NEWS.com.au
The Independent
CNN
Explained: Donald Trump's 'attack' on the environment
Aljazeera.com‎ - 19 hours ago
City officials from the United States and around the world met in Chicago this week to outline a collective plan to combat climate change at the local level, an effort they say is "more ambitious" than their respective national governments. The North American Climate Summit brought together city and other ...

Patagonia files claim against Trump over removing Bears Ears ...
The Guardian‎ - 4 hours ago
The company filed a complaint on Wednesday accusing Donald Trump of exceeding the powers of his office earlier this week when he ordered that Bears Ears national monument be reduced in size by 85%. The president framed the action as a correction of earlier federal overreach. Barack Obama ...
Trump Slashes Size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Monuments New York Times

Trump Orders Largest National Monument Reduction In US History NPR
Trump shrinks Utah monuments angering environmentalists BBC News
National Geographic
The Guardian
Explained: Donald Trump's 'attack' on the environment
Aljazeera.com‎ - 5 hours ago
City officials from the United States and around the world met in Chicago this week to outline a collective plan to combat climate change at the local level, an effort they say is "more ambitious" than their respective national governments. The North American Climate Summit brought together city and other ...

Aljazeera.com
Trump will undergo a physical and release details early next year
CNN‎ - 2 hours ago

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump will undergo a physical examination early next year and allow doctors to release details of his medical evaluation, keeping with past precedent. Trump will be examined by a doctor at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in "the first part of next year," ...
'I will prove I haven't got dementia': White House says Trump will ... Daily Mail

CNN
Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital sparks West ...
The Guardian‎ - 7 hours ago
Protests took place across the region: in Jordan, demonstrators near the US embassy in Amman torched the US flag and pictures of Trump. In Tunisia, thousands of people joined peaceful protests in Tunis and several other cities, and labour unions called for even bigger demonstrations after Friday prayers.
Donald Trump -- keeper of promises CNN
Jerusalem move is a big favour from Donald Trump. It won't be ... ABC Online
Donald Trump Jerusalem speech: Did President slur his words? NEWS.com.au
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The Guardian
The 19 Women Who Accused President Trump of Sexual Misconduct
The Atlantic‎ - 3 hours ago

Lurking in the background of the roiling debate about harassment and assault in American society are the allegations made against President Trump by at least 19 women, many of whom came forward after the release of the Access Hollywood tape in October 2016. Trump vociferously denies any ...
The Atlantic
Donald Trump Jr.'s brazen claim of attorney-client privilege suggests ...
Washington Post‎ - 4 hours ago
During a week in which President Trump's lawyer asserted that a president legally cannot obstruct justice simply by virtue of being president, it might seem difficult to top the brazenness of that legal strategy. But Donald Trump Jr. gave it a run for its money on Wednesday. In closed-door testimony before the ...

Trump Jr. says he communicated first with Hope Hicks, not his father ... CNN
Trump Jr 'had amnesia during testimony' says US lawmaker BBC News
A 'serious case of amnesia': House Intel Democrat says Trump Jr ... Business Insider

Washington Post
Black congressmen skip civil rights museum opening over Trump's ...
CNN‎ - 1 hour ago
"President Trump's attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum," the two congressmen said in a statement. "The struggles represented in this museum exemplify the truth of what really happened in Mississippi. President Trump's disparaging comments ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump said this week that the military has “knocked the hell” out of the Islamic State, adding that the battlefield success is based on his decision to give commanders more latitude in fighting the terror group. “I want to thank General Mattis for doing such a great job with respect to ...

USA TODAY
Russia-Trump: FBI chief Wray defends agency
BBC News‎ - 6 hours ago
FBI Director Christopher Wray has launched a staunch defence of the agency following criticism by US President Donald Trump. Mr Wray told a committee of lawmakers that there was "no finer institution". Mr Trump recently lashed out at the federal law enforcement agency, saying its reputation was "in ...
BBC News
Laugh at This Hilarious Video of Trump Mispronouncing Words, and ...
Slate Magazine (blog)‎ - 1 hour ago
Remember during the presidential campaign, when Trump claimed to have “the best words”? Hoo boy, that was funny, because the president actually mispronounces words all the time. (By the way, Trump made that claim during a speech on Dec. 30, 2015, one in which he also attacked the media, made

Defiant Trump confirms US will recognise Jerusalem as capital of ...
The Guardian‎ - 4 hours ago
Donald Trump has defied overwhelming global opposition by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but insisted that the highly controversial move would not derail his own administration's bid to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a short speech delivered at the White House, Trump directed ...

The Guardian
Trump: Government shutdown 'could happen' Saturday
CNBC‎ - 5 hours ago
"The Democrats are really looking at something that could be very dangerous for our country," Trump said. "They are looking at shutting down. They want to have illegal immigrants, in many cases people that we don't want in our country, they want to have illegal immigrants pouring into our country, bringing ... # pdf books reads

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Donald Trump
TIME‎ - 10 hours ago
By the traditional measures of presidential influence—legislation passed, policies enacted, visions projected onto the world—Trump has used his first year in office to considerable effect. He has backed out of multilateral trade deals and edged closer to nuclear confrontation with North Korea. He has appointed a Supreme ...

TIME
Trump's global credibility is shot
CNN‎ - 2 hours ago
A stunning 74% said they have little or no confidence in Trump, up from just 23% who didn't trust Obama. Mistrust in the US leader extended to confidence in the United States, with favorable views of the United States plummeting around the world from 64% to 49% since Trump became president.
CNN
Trump impeachment vote shot down as majority of House ...

The Independent‎ - 3 hours ago
The US House of Representatives has shot down the first formal attempt to impeach President Donald Trump. A bipartisan majority of legislators voted to "table," or kill, the articles of impeachment introduced by Representative Al Green of Texas. One hundred and twenty-seven of the 194 Democrats in the ...
Democrat intends to force impeachment vote against Donald Trump CNBC
House votes to stop effort by some Democrats to impeach Donald ... The Guardian
The Independent
Donald Trump's Golf Habit Could Land Him in Court
Vanity Fair‎ - 6 hours ago
Between Thursday, November 23, and Sunday, November 26, every single initial report from the White House press pool went something like this: “Trump's motorcade arrived at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.” Arrival and playing times varied; on Thursday, Donald Trump arrived at ...
Trump too busy and important to face defamation lawsuit, president's ... The Guardian

Vanity Fair
Late-night hosts on Trump's 'morally degenerate' support of Roy Moore
The Guardian‎ - 6 hours ago
On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert brought up Donald Trump's vocal support of Moore. The president has stressed the importance of having a Republican over a Democrat in the Senate, regardless of the sexual misconduct allegations. In response, Moore tweeted that he wants to help Trump #MAGA.
Here's how Trump, Moore and Bannon have transformed the GOP NBCNews.com
Trump calls Roy Moore to offer his endorsement CNN

The Guardian
Something very weird is going on with Donald Trump's Twitter feed ...
CNN‎ - 6 hours ago
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump is -- almost -- nowhere on Twitter right now. Over the past 48 hours, Trump has sent four tweets and retweeted one other thing. That's it. By comparison, Trump sent 10 tweets and retweeted four other tweets in the previous two days.

And, it's not just the volume of ...
Obama eclipses Trump in most popular Twitter posts of 2017 The Guardian
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Donald Trump's Real Estate Business Is Losing One Of Its Most ...
Forbes‎ - 8 hours ago
Donald Trump's private real estate empire officially lost one of its most important tenants on Monday, when Nike announced that it is closing its store at the president's 6 East 57th Street property in New York City next spring in favor of a new location just a few blocks away. The announcement comes a year ...

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Wag the Embassy
The Atlantic‎ - 7 hours ago
It's possible that Donald Trump is now preparing to join the club. As my colleague Krishnadev Calamur writes, the president is expected on Wednesday to announce U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, as well as vague future plans to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

White House Staffers Worry Trump Is Spiraling Out of Control
Vanity Fair‎ - 5 hours ago
Although no moment would have been opportune for Michael Flynn, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, to plead guilty to lying to the F.B.I. and agree to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller, last week was a particularly bad time for the news to come to light. Flynn's plea deal ...
Trump Can't Confess to Anything in a Tweet Bloomberg

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ABC News blunder helps Trump score a point in his war on 'fake news'
CNBC‎ - 4 hours ago
The ABC News blunder on Friday is the latest example of an overzealous anti-Trump news media. President Trump's attacks are being used as an apparent excuse for journalists to abandon best practices and forget current and past misdeeds. The push to oust Trump seems to have engulfed almost the ...

The US Supreme Court has ruled President Donald Trump's travel ban on six mainly Muslim countries can go fully into effect. But the directive against travellers from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen still faces legal challenges. The ruling covers the third version of the directive that President ...
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban while ... Washington Post
Donald Trump's major travel ban victory in US Supreme Court NEWS.com.au
Supreme court allows enforcement of Trump travel ban as appeals ... The Guardian
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The S&P 500 has risen about 18% since the start of the year on strong corporate earnings, solid economic growth and confidence that Trump would eventually get his way on tax cuts. Markets have shrugged aside concerns that the tax cuts, as in the 1980s, would lead to a ballooning of the US budget ...

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Donald Trump is a dangerously weak president
Vox‎ - 7 hours ago
Granted, all presidents, including Trump, are powerful in an absolute sense; a person who can launch military strikes is not without clout. And President Trump is often assertive toward his enemies — or his allies — and talks tough about immigration and NFL players kneeling during the national anthem.

Vox
Trump is elephant in the room at Kennedy Center Honors
The Guardian‎ - 12 hours ago
The biggest night on Washington's cultural calendar delivered the usual mix of politicians and celebrities on Sunday but lacked the one person who is both: President Donald Trump. It was the 40th annual Kennedy Center Honors and only the fourth time the president did not attend, following Jimmy Carter ...
Kennedy Center Honors Evoke Politics, Even Without Trump New York Times
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How to eat like a world leader: from Trump's Big Macs to Thatcher's ...
The Guardian‎ - 7 hours ago
It may come as little surprise to learn that what goes into Donald Trump's mouth is roughly as wholesome as what comes out of it. On his campaign plane, the now 71-year-old president ate meals representing “four major food groups”, according to a new book written by two former staffers: “McDonald's, KFC ...

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The 3 weirdest stories from Trump's campaign manager's new book
Vox‎ - 2 hours ago
“Two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted.” This is Donald Trump's McDonald's order, according to a new campaign tell-all written by fired campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and former top campaign aide David Bossie. Besides revealing the possibly alarming details of the ...
Trump's campaign: Big Macs, screaming fits and constant rivalries Washington Post
McDonald's binges and screaming fits: new book reveals Trump's ... The Guardian
Trump's Fast-food Diet Gets Even More Unsettling Grub Street
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